LSU receiver Travin Dural (83) catches a touchdown over defensive back Ed Paris during the 2014 spring game at Tiger Stadium. Dural will likely emerge as the primary target for LSU this season.

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Eddie Timanus
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The preseason Amway Coaches Poll is scheduled for release July 31. Each Sunday until then, USA Today will spotlight a college football team likely to be ranked in the poll. Today: LSU.

The situation: A 10-win season that ends with a New Year's Day bowl victory is cause for fan elation at many campuses. The Bayou Bengals' faithful were happy enough with their Outback Bowl triumph, but a third-place division finish, even in one as rugged as the SEC West, relegated the 2013 campaign to the status of average. Any improvement on that position would almost certainly put LSU in the play-off debate, but ...